<aside id="text-8" class="widget widget_text"> <div class="textwidget"> As a responsible corporate citizen, <a href="http://kenyanbulletin.com/2021/08/04/how-kengen-plans-to-make-kenya-a-geothermal-power-house-by-2030/">KenGen</a> is committed to expanding and up scaling its Corporate Social Investments (CSI) countrywide, mainly focusing on communities living around its power stations. This is under the Company’s sustainability strategy, which aims at adding value to livelihoods of communities by establishing long-term relationships and implementing sustainable projects. The company’s CSI efforts expanded through the establishment of the KenGen Foundation in 2012, purposely to serve as the vehicle for implementing the Company’s <a href="http://kenyanbulletin.com/2020/12/06/kengens-business-sustainability-covid-19-innovation-climate-change-environment-csr-and-community-relations/">CSR</a> programmes. The KenGen Foundation focuses the Company’s efforts on three key pillars of sustainability namely Education, Environment and Water & Sanitation. These compliment Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the global Sustainable Development Goals Through the implementation of viable and long-term programs, <a href="http://kenyanbulletin.com/2021/07/12/kengen-issues-an-update-against-electricity-rationing/">KenGen</a> Foundation has positioned the Company as a leader in sustainable development through viable and successful CSI community programs. </div> </aside><aside class="widget WPlookCauses"> <div class="widget-title"> <h3>Our Pillars</h3> </div> <div class="widget-causes-body"><article class="cause-item"> <figure><a title="Education" href="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/pillar/education/"><img class="attachment-small-thumb wp-post-image aligncenter" src="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6D0A7519-272x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px" srcset="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6D0A7519-272x150.jpg 272w, https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6D0A7519-500x277.jpg 500w, https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/6D0A7519-1200x661.jpg 1200w" alt="Kengen" width="272" height="150" /></a></figure> <h3 class="entry-header"><a title="Education" href="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/pillar/education/">Education</a></h3> <div class="short-description"> Education remains among the most powerful means of positively transforming young lives. </div> </article><article class="cause-item"> <figure><a title="Environment" href="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/pillar/environment/"><img class="attachment-small-thumb wp-post-image aligncenter" src="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1964-272x150.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px" srcset="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1964-272x150.jpg 272w, https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1964-500x277.jpg 500w, https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1964-1200x661.jpg 1200w" alt="KenGen" width="272" height="150" /></a></figure> <h3 class="entry-header"><a title="Environment" href="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/pillar/environment/">Environment</a></h3> <div class="short-description"> The Foundation's Reforestation program is a rapidly growing program under KenGen's Environmental Pillar </div> </article><article class="cause-item"> <figure><a title="Water & Sanitation" href="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/pillar/water/"><img class="attachment-small-thumb size-small-thumb wp-post-image" src="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/waternsanitation-272x150.png" sizes="(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px" srcset="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/waternsanitation-272x150.png 272w, https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/waternsanitation-500x277.png 500w" alt="" width="272" height="150" /></a></figure> <h3 class="entry-header"><a title="Water & Sanitation" href="https://www.kengenfoundation.co.ke/pillar/water/">Water & Sanitation</a></h3> <div class="short-description"> Every year, preventable waterborne illnesses claim the lives of millions of Kenyans. Through partnerships with corporates, civil society, non-governmental organizations and County governments, KenGen has contributed towards addressing Kenya’s water challenges. Provision of clean accessible water for communities neighbouring its power plants has been one of KenGen’s key Corporate Social Investment programs since 2005. Through partnerships with corporates, central and county governments, KenGen has contributed towards addressing Kenya’s water challenges. Provision of clean accessible water for communities neighbouring its power plants has been one of KenGen’s key Corporate Social Investment programs over the last two decades. </div> </article></div> </aside>